First time poster coming in hot....hoping to get some advice from everyone!
I have a 2021 Tesla Y with the black 20’’ Induction Wheels. I bought the Konig Model Y 19"/20" Snow Chains that Tesla sells on their web shop for a trip up to Big Bear, CA. I have put on plenty of snow chains on in my time and installed them exactly as directed, the final fitting looking exactly like the image on the Tesla web shop (i.e. the plastic chain 'protectors' sitting over the outer edge of the rims). After driving in a few inches of snow for around an hour I removed the chains and noticed that they chains/plastic protectors rubbed the hell out of my black rims
I tried a small amount of residue remover to see if the issue was simply surface level, but the scratches were too deep to be removed. I set up a service appointment with Tesla but have no idea how likely they are to take accountability for the issue and to potentially repaint or replace the wheels. Does anyone have experience with anything like this with Tesla?
At minimum, I wanted to let others on the forum know that these snow chains are likely to cause issues if you have black rims. Thank you ahead of time for your advice!
I have a 2021 Tesla Y with the black 20’’ Induction Wheels. I bought the Konig Model Y 19"/20" Snow Chains that Tesla sells on their web shop for a trip up to Big Bear, CA. I have put on plenty of snow chains on in my time and installed them exactly as directed, the final fitting looking exactly like the image on the Tesla web shop (i.e. the plastic chain 'protectors' sitting over the outer edge of the rims). After driving in a few inches of snow for around an hour I removed the chains and noticed that they chains/plastic protectors rubbed the hell out of my black rims
I tried a small amount of residue remover to see if the issue was simply surface level, but the scratches were too deep to be removed. I set up a service appointment with Tesla but have no idea how likely they are to take accountability for the issue and to potentially repaint or replace the wheels. Does anyone have experience with anything like this with Tesla?
At minimum, I wanted to let others on the forum know that these snow chains are likely to cause issues if you have black rims. Thank you ahead of time for your advice!